Shattering Darkness Inc

THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION: TO REACH THE UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS OF WEST AFRICA PRIMARILY IN BURKINA FASO AND GHANA-SHARING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES BASIC MEDICAL CARE SUCH AS VITAMINS FOR CHILDREN AND TREATMENT FOR MALERIA AND PARASITES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO IS INVOLVED IN PROVIDIDNG SAFE WATER WELLS.

VILLAGE EVANGELISM - THE PRIMARY MISSION - PROMOTING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. MANY WERE ABLE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. THE YEAR SAW 167 NEW BELIEVERS IN CHRIST AND 102 WERE BAPTISED BY IMMERSION IN THE 19 CHURCHES SUPPORTED BY SHATTERING DARKNESS. DURING THE YEAR ONE NEW CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED AND THERE WAS ONE NEW CHURCH PLANT. SHATTERING DARKNESS, INC. ESTABLISHED THE PASTOR/LEADER PREP SCHOOL IN 2016 FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING PREPARE INDIVIDUALS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, FOR THE BAPTIST BIBLE SCHOOL OF SW BURKINA FASO ( FORMERLY THE PASTOR TRAINING INSTITUTE (PTI). THE THIRD PTI GRADUATION WAS HELD IN MAY WITH 13 GRADUATES. IN SUPPORT OF THE PASTOR TRAINING INSTITUTE THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONSTRUCTED A NEW DORM AND REMODELED ITS EXISTING DORMS - ONE OF WHICH HAS THREE LARGE ROOMS THAT CAN HOUSE UP TO 18 STUDENTS. THE NEW DORM CAN ACCOMMODATE 13 COUPLES AS WELL AS SINGLES. ONE DORM ROOM HAS BEEN SET UP AS AN APARTMENT TO HOUSE VISITING PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS. THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS HAVE 3 SEPARATE COOKING AREAS, 2 STORAGE BUILDINGS AND OUTDOOR SHOWER AND BATHROOM FACILITIES. ALL AREAS OF THE MINISTRY CENTER NOW HAVE ELECTRICITY AND WATER HOOK-UPS AND WATER FOUNTAINS. PTI STUDENTS PAY A SMALL FEE FOR BOOKS. THE ORGANIZATION PAYS FOR THE UTILITIES AS WELL AS EXPENSES OF VISITING TEACHERS. THE MULTI-PURPOSE CONFERENCE CENTER WAS DEDICATED AND HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT USE SINCE AUGUST 2019.

VILLAGE FORMATION - THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS A K-6 SCHOOL PROVIDING CLASSROOMS, TEACHERS AND SUPPLIES. THE "LIGHTHOUSE EVANGELICAL" PRIVATE SCHOOL WHICH OPENED IN 2015 AS THE FIRST EVANGELICAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SW BURKINA FASO- CURRENTLY THERE ARE 230 STUDENTS ENROLLED. CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ( APPROXIMATELY 50% COMPLETE) FOR THE FACILITIES FOR GRADES 7-10 . ALSO SUPPORTING THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE UNIVERSITY GAINING ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION TO BE ABLE TO TEACH SECONDARY GRADES.

VILLAGE SUPPORT - THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS THE S.E.E.D. PROJECT -- (SUSTAINABLE-EDUCATIONAL-ELEVAGE-DEVELOPMENT) TRAINING IS UNDERWAY, BEGINNING WITH THE LOCAL PASTORS AND THEN FOR VILLAGE PARTICIPANTS. THE TRAINING INCLUDES METHODS IN FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVORS, AND INCLUDES GARDENING, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VACCINATIONS, ETC. EACH PASTOR COMPLETING THE TRAINING WILL RECIEVE THE BASIC MATERIALS NEEDED FOR PUTTING INTO PRACTICE IN THE VILLAGE THEY SERVE AS PASTOR. THIS WILL ALLOW THE PASTORS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THEMSELVES WHICH, IN TURN , WILL HELP IN MAKING FUNDS AVILABLE FOR NEW GRADUATING PASTORS AS THEY ARE GETTING ESTABLISHED. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDED FUNDING FOR TWO CLASSROOMS, A SOLAR POWERED WELL AND WATER TOWER, A STORAGE ROOM AND A KITCHEN FOR A SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND IN IN BOBO, WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN BURKINA FASO. IT WAS ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE BRAILLE BIBLES FOR THE STUDENTS. CLINICS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR MEDICAL CARE AND THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OVERSEES VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT MINISTER TO ORPHANS AND AT-RISK TEENS. A NEW SAFE WATER WELL WAS DRILLED IN A NEIGHBORING VILLAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SECURITY WALL IS APPROXIMATELY 50% COMPLETE.